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JULIUS O. F. REIMOLD, OF METROPOLITAN, NEIV YORK.

BARREL-TAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,276, dated September 27, 1898.

Application filed January 18, 1898. Serial N0.V667,066. (No model.) i

To all whom t may concern: A

Be it known that I, JULIUs C. F. REIMOLD, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Metropolitan, in the county of Queens and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bungs and Taps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in bungs and taps for barrels and the like; and the object thereof is to so construct the same that it will only be necessary to insertV the faucet to operate the device, and upon withdrawal of the same it will be automatically shut or locked.

With these and other objects inview my invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts and in the various details thereof, as will be iirst fully pointed out in the specification and then claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like symbols of reference represent corresponding parts in the several views, Figure l is a plan view of the device, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the bung, its casing, and adjacent parts. Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2, showing a modification of the device; and Fig. at is a section of the inner end or operating part of the faucet.

Arepresents the casing of the bung, which is preferablyof metal; B, a circumferential groove formed in the same, and C a gasket, of rubber, tting in the groove.

D represents the faucet; D', the barrel in which the bung is inserted; E, a sleeve driven in the bung-hole, and O a valve, preferably of rubber, which normally rests in a iiared seat e formed in the casing A, being held therein by a spring s. The spring s has one end attached to the valve O and its other end to the top of the casing A.

f f represent the spiral or screw-shaped slots formed at either side of the faucet end and having recesses 7c at their inner extremities for a purpose to be presently explained.

is a cross-piece or bridge connecting the ends ff.

CZ represents the valve-stem, which is journaled in an orifice CZ formed in the head of the casing A.

l) are pins at either side of the casing and on the interior thereof,the same being adapted to engage with the slots f in the faucet, it being only necessary to insert the faucet, and by turning the same the valve O will be raised from its seat and the liquid permitted to pass in thefaucet. When the pins h enter the slots f and are passed back into the recesses la, they are locked therein by the shoulders formed by the said recesses.

h is a rubber washer.

So far I have described my invention as applied to barrels having the ordinary sleeve E. I will now describe it with reference to the form shown in Fig. 3.

E is a metal sleeve having the screw-threads g formed on its outer portion, so as to be screwed into the barrel, the barrel being formed with a shoulder g@ so as to conform to the shape of said sleeve. The inner part of said sleeve is contracted and has a shoulder g2 formed on its interior for the purpose of receiving a gasket m, which is interposed between lsaid sleeve and the casing A, said casing also having ashoulder m', corresponding to the shoulder g2. The interior of the sleeve E is also provided with a screw-thread y, and the casing A has a corresponding recess y, adapted to receive the same, so that the casing may be screwed into the said sleeve and against the gasket m. The gasket may be attached to the sleeve E by screws or otherwise, as desired.

The casing A is formed as a solid cap, having on one side perforations d, so that the liquid can only pass out at one side, thus preventing too much air escaping with the same, which is found to be deleterious to most liquors, and also preventing any sediment from Apassing into the cap and clogging the valve.

The operation of the device will be apparent from the foregoing, it being only necessary to insert the faucet and by engaging the slots of the same on the pins b a slight turn is all that is necessary to lock the faucet in the bung, the valve being raised by the operation, and when it is desired to shut or lock the bung the faucet is simply released by a slight' turn, so as to throw the pins out of the IOO recesses 7a, and the Valve immediately reseats itself by the spring s.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a bung and tap, the combination with the bung-casing having a valve-seat formed on its inner portion, of a valve, a spring to normally hold the valve in its seat, a faucet, spiral slots formed in said faucet, a bridge or cross-piece connecting the lips formed by the spiral slots, and pins on the interior of the bung-casing adapted to register with said spiral slots, so that by turning the faucet upon the same the bridge will engage and unseat the valve.

2. The combination in a bung and tap, of a metallic sleeve adapted to be inserted in a barrel, a casing adapted to be inserted in said sleeve, a gasket interposed between said sleeve and casing, perforatons at the top of said casing and at one side thereof, pins on the interior of the casing, a faucet, spiral slots formed in said faucet and adapted to engage the pins in the casing, a shoulder or recess formed at the inner end of the grooves to receive and hold the pins, a bridge connecting the lips formed by the spiral slots, and a Valve operating in the casing and adapted to be unseated by the bridge of the faucet.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

J ULIUS C. F. REIMOLD. lilitnesses:

BENNETT S. JONES, JNo. S. CooMBs. 

